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On Monday, February 12, The 21st will broadcast from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield for a special episode on Lincoln's birthday. The show is from 11 AM - noon and is free and open to the public.

Host of the public radio talk show, Niala Boodhoo, will speak with Executive Director of the ALPLM and will also discuss civil war music history with a performance by Mike Anderson from Jacksonville. There might even be a discussion about presidential beer.

The 21st will also be broadcasting from Springfield the rest of the week:

On the 21st: We talked with University of Illinois president Timothy Killeen, Western Illinois president Western Illinois president Jack Thomas and Larry Dietz, president of Illinois State University in Normal, about how state universities are handling budget issues for the upcoming school year.